Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal soft rays: 79 - 92. Wide fringed membranous maxillary barbel in females; a single patch of vomerine teeth; pectoral-fin spine thin and smooth in females and thin with weak serrations in males (Ref. 12693). Posterior nostril above and behind eye (Ref. 43281).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Siluridae

Genus: Hemisilurus

Species: Hemisilurus mekongensis Bornbusch & Lundberg, 1989

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits large upland rivers (Ref. 12693) and enters flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Found in rapids and in deep slow reaches (Ref. 37771). Feeds on worms, plants, animal debris and insects. Sold fresh (Ref. 12693).

Habitat

demersal